Anticancer potential of Himalayan plants
IR@IHBT: CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur
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Anticancer potential of Himalayan plants
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Bhatia, A
Arora, S Singh , Bikram Kaur, G Nagpal, A |
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Natural Product Chemistry
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| Description |
Plants used in traditional medicine have
stood up to the test of time and contributed many
novel compounds for preventive and curative medicine
to modern science. India is sitting on a gold mine
of well recorded and traditionally well practiced
knowledge of herbal medicine. Specially, plants
growing at high altitude in Himalayan pastures are
time-honored sources of health and general well being
of local inhabitants. As of today, Himalayan plants are
a major contributor to the herbal pharmaceutical
industry both of India and other countries. Plants
growing at higher altitudes are subjected to an assault
of diverse testing situations including higher doses of
mutagenic UV-radiation, physiological drought, desiccation
and strong winds. Plants interact with stressful
environments by physiological adaptation and
altering the biochemical profile of plant tissues and
producing a spectrum of secondary metabolites.
Secondary metabolites are of special interest to
scientists because of their unique pharmacophores
and medicinal properties. Secondary metabolites like
polyphenols, terpenes and alkaloids have been
reported to possess antimutagenic and anticancer
properties in many studies. The fundamental aspiration
of the current review is to divulge the antimutagenic/
anticancer potential of five alpine plants used
as food or medicine by the populations living at high
altitudes.
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2011
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Article
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application/pdf
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http://ihbt.csircentral.net/612/1/488_2011_9%2D12%2D2011.pdf
Bhatia, A and Arora, S and Singh , Bikram and Kaur, G and Nagpal, A (2011) Anticancer potential of Himalayan plants. Phytochemistry Review, 10. pp. 309-323. |
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http://ihbt.csircentral.net/612/
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